Usually means: Elixir erasing sorrow, pain, memory.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. nepenthe: Merriam-Webster
  2. nepenthe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nepenthe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nepenthe: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Nepenthe, nepenthe: Wordnik
  6. nepenthe: Wiktionary
  7. nepenthe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. nepenthe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. nepenthe: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Nepenthe, nepenthe: Dictionary.com
  11. nepenthe: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Nepenthe (album), Nepenthe (disambiguation), Nepenthe (restaurant), Nepenthe (video game), Nepenthe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Nepenthe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. nepenthe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. nepenthe: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  16. Nepenthe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. nepenthe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. nepenthe: FreeDictionary.org
  19. nepenthe: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. nepenthe: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nepenthe: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nepenthe: A Word A Day
  2. nepenthe: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nepenthe: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See nepenthean as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Nepenthe)

noun:  (archaic) Alternative form of nepenthes (“a drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow”). [A drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (c. 8th century B.C.E.) as bringing relief from anxiety or grief; hence, any drug or substance seen as bringing welcome forgetfulness or relief.]

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